IndiGo still leader

The airline has a market share of 31.6%

IndiGo maintained its lead in Indian aviation, cornering 31.6 per cent of the market share, as all Indian air carriers together flew 5.318 million passengers in April against 5.288 million in March. Next are the Jet Airways-JetLite combine with 21.8 per cent and Air India with 18.3 per cent, show Directorate General of Civil Aviation’s latest air traffic data.

SpiceJet is fourth with a 17.9 per cent market share, followed by GoAir with 9.5 per cent and AirCosta 0.8 per cent. Total passengers flown by all local airlines in January-April grew to 20.7 million against 20.3 million in the year-ago period, growth of a little over two per cent.

IndiGo carried the highest number at 1.68 million, followed by the Jet combine at 1.16 million, Air India (domestic) 974,000, SpiceJet 950,000, GoAir 507,000 and the Vijayawada-based new regional airline, AirCosta, 45,000, data show.

AirCosta, which flies to nine destinations with four aircraft, led in the passenger load factor figures (or average percentage of seats filled per aircraft) with 77.8%, with IndiGo following it at 76.9%, GoAir with 76.1, JetLite with 76 and Air India and SpiceJet with 73.3 each.